Re: understanding format specifiers

On 30 Aug 2005 05:35:14 -0700, in comp.lang.c , "siliconwafer"
<spdandavate@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi All,
>What does a 'format specifier' do?

tells printf how to format the output......

>Suppose I do,
>int a = 43; //decimal number
>printf("%x",a);
>I will get hex equivalent of 43.
>Does the format specifier do an implicit "decimal to hex" conversion

No, it simply prints it using hex format. Bear in mind that its
exceptionally unlikely that 43 was stored in decimal in the first
place!
>Is it true for all format specifier?

All format specifiers tell printf what format to use, yes....
--
Mark McIntyre
CLC FAQ <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html>
CLC readme: <http://www.ungerhu.com/jxh/clc.welcome.txt>

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